PLAINCLOTHESMAN Synonyms: 22 Similar Words

plainclothesman

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Recent Examples of plainclothesman Less than a month later, plainclothesmen arrested Nassar at a local tire store, and Munford took him into custody. — Jason Schmidt, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2018 Hustling bucks and ducking the Third Division boys, those earnest young plainclothesmen assigned to the vice squad who work out of the 17th Precinct on the East Side. — Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017

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Reach uses a crab trap to disarm a G-man brandishing an On the Waterfront–style hook.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Michael Biehn also plays a G-man who keeps tabs on Kammler’s work.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

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The Economist’s poll tracker suggests that Likud and Yashar are neck-and-neck, on 22 seats each; that Netanyahu’s coalition will fall short of the 61 seats needed for a majority; but that Eisenkot’s coalition is likely to fall short too.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Oct. 2026
OpenAI’s public tracker of misalignment, or behavior that goes against instructions or safety rules, now lists 19 incidents, ranging from accessing data without permission to making unauthorized changes to business systems.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of tracker

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He gets dinged for a pesky OWI, loses his job at CBS, and then gets outed by some nark in Oklahoma.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
But the very act of putting on a wearable—of willingly adorning oneself with a tiny computerized narc—is an act of surrender.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

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Sheriff’s officials said Mullennix pointed a gun at a detective and threatened to shoot him before barricading herself inside the home.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Investigators said Mullennix ran inside when a detective tried to contact her, then allegedly pointed a gun from a window and threatened to shoot him.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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Unifi and 10 other North and Central American yarn producers launched YarnProof, an initiative using FibreTrace technology to embed an invisible, permanent tracer into polyester filament yarn during extrusion.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
This imaging test uses a tracer that attaches to PSMA proteins, allowing doctors to identify where prostate cancer cells may be located throughout the body.

— Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 15 June 2026

Definition of tracer

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